melodramaticadjective
uk/ˌmel.ə.drəˈmæt.ɪk/us/ˌmel.ə.drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/showing much stronger emotions than are necessary or usual for a situation:
a melodramatic speech
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Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- glib
- histrionic
- histrionics
- meretricious
- pious
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- pseudo-
- slick
- theatrical
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melodramatically
adverb uk/ˌmel.ə.drəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌmel.ə.drəˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl.i/
"Life is not worth living," she declared melodramatically.